A hands-on investigation of the genomic diversity of bacteria and archaea. Students will undertake genomic or metagenomic DNA sequencing , analysis of environmental isolates and enrichments and gain experience preparing this data for public release.
Prerequisites: MCDB 1A, MCDB 1B, EEMB 2, EEMB 3 and either EEMB 150A or EEMB 145 or EEMB 157A or MCDB 131. All completed with a grade of C- or better.